diff --git a/benchmarks/lfhcal/config.yml b/benchmarks/lfhcal/config.yml
index a05c5f63..51147b1c 100644
--- a/benchmarks/lfhcal/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/lfhcal/config.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sim:lfhcal:
         MOMENTUM: ["500MeV", "1GeV", "2GeV", "5GeV", "10GeV", "20GeV"]
   script:
     - |
-      snakemake --cache --cores 5 \
+      snakemake $SNAKEMAKE_FLAGS --cores 5 \
         sim_output/lfhcal/epic_craterlake/${PARTICLE}/${MOMENTUM}/3to50deg/${PARTICLE}_${MOMENTUM}_3to50deg.0000.eicrecon.edm4eic.root
 
 bench:lfhcal:
diff --git a/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml b/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
index 006e7e9f..d5711ce3 100644
--- a/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
+++ b/benchmarks/tracking_performances/config.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ sim:tracking_performance:
         MOMENTUM: ["500MeV", "1GeV", "2GeV", "5GeV", "10GeV", "20GeV"]
   script:
     - |
-      snakemake --cache --cores 1 \
+      snakemake $SNAKEMAKE_FLAGS --cores 1 \
         sim_output/tracking_performance/epic_craterlake_tracking_only/${PARTICLE}/${MOMENTUM}/3to50deg/${PARTICLE}_${MOMENTUM}_3to50deg.0000.eicrecon.edm4eic.root \
         sim_output/tracking_performance/epic_craterlake_tracking_only/${PARTICLE}/${MOMENTUM}/45to135deg/${PARTICLE}_${MOMENTUM}_45to135deg.0000.eicrecon.edm4eic.root \
         sim_output/tracking_performance/epic_craterlake_tracking_only/${PARTICLE}/${MOMENTUM}/130to177deg/${PARTICLE}_${MOMENTUM}_130to177deg.0000.eicrecon.edm4eic.root
diff --git a/benchmarks/zdc_sigma/Snakefile b/benchmarks/zdc_sigma/Snakefile
index 94158c44..9e948b39 100644
--- a/benchmarks/zdc_sigma/Snakefile
+++ b/benchmarks/zdc_sigma/Snakefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ rule zdc_sigma_generate:
     output:
         GEN_FILE="sim_output/zdc_sigma/sigma_decay_{P}GeV.hepmc",
     params:
-        N_EVENTS=100000,
+        N_EVENTS=200,
         P=lambda wildcards: wildcards.P,
     shell:
         """